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Cruise wouldn't take back couch-jumping
Tom Cruise says his couch-jumping on The Oprah Winfrey Show seemed to set off a "confluence" of bad publicity for him, but he's not sure he would take it back.
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"That was a moment, and it was real, and I don't know if I would (do it differently). I really don't," Cruise said during an hourlong interview with Winfrey taped in his Telluride, Colo. home.
During the show broadcast Friday, Cruise said his antics on Winfrey's show three years ago were an authentic way of expressing his feelings for Katie Holmes.
Holmes, now his wife, welcomed Winfrey to the couple's home at the top of the show. She then left Cruise to conduct a tour, which included a peek at daughter Suri's playrooms, the home's kitchen, Cruise's collection of bound film scripts, and stunning views of snow-topped mountains.
Winfrey and a subdued, jeans-wearing Cruise conducted the interview on an overstuffed couch in the family's living room.
About a month after his last appearance on Winfrey's show in May 2005, Cruise criticized Brooke Shields for taking anti-depression drugs after the birth of her child. He also berated Today host Matt Lauer for suggesting that psychiatric treatment might help some patients.
Cruise, 45, told Winfrey he was feeling "pressed" during the interview and that his concern was that "child drugging" needs to be "the parents' choice."
Much of the rest of the interview involved Cruise shooting down various rumors and reports.
He said ex-wife Nicole Kidman still has a relationship with the two children they adopted during their marriage and stressed that the two share custody. He said he loves Holmes' family, calling them "amazing people."
Looking back over the past three years, Cruise said he's learned there are some instances when he needs to communicate with the public more, and other times when he needs to choose when and where to express his opinions.
"I feel like definitely things have been misunderstood, and things that I could have done better," he said.